He noticed the look of anger in her eyes, and decided not to push the teasing any further. His tone had conveyed it as a joke, or atleast that's what he thought it sounded like, but she had clearly taken it much more personally than that. "I suppose that fits as well..." His voice sounded almost chastised. Marken was clearly more perceptive than Ella liked to give him credit for, noticing and putting together things much more quickly than she expected him to.

He finished his own second glass of wine, setting it down on the table and looking at Ella curiously. "Not going to finish a second glass? This is dinner wine, meant for the taste, if getting drunk is what you're afraid of." His tone was neutral, no teasing in it now. As fun as it was, if she would respond with only anger to it, than it simply wasn't entertaining. He wanted to draw out a flustered reaction, embarrassment, not anger.

Instead, he watched Ella curiously. He knew he would be forced to talk to his father about this sooner or later today, but he wanted to hold it back for as long as possible, so he would continue talking to Ella instead. She made decent conversation, if he was keeping himself from angering her that was.